>>Sorry Daniel,>>>>have to disagree. While the book is definitely highly recommendable,>>it would not be the first I'd suggest. "Beginning Oracle Programming">>covers more of the basics including 9i. "Expert one-on-one" should be>>the second or third book in conjunction with "Effective Oracle by design".>>>>Books on PL/SQL to follow.>>>>Cheers,>>>>Holger

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> Cripes. Someone recommending that book? I can only and utterly impartially
> say, Holger is 1000% correct, and his cheque's in the mai.... ^H^H er, and
> his advice should be followed.
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> :-)
> HJR
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Not that you have any personal interest in this book whatsoever ;-)

PS: Perhaps for other readers we should note, that it's Beginning Oracle Programming
what we're talking about